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not a new tax, taxes that are already owed from everybody who owes the tax so that you can -- so that you can lower your tax raid for everybody, you're free to decide that. that was the argument that art laffer made in "the wall street journal" on last week. now, art laffer was president reagan's favorite economist. that's the point he made. states have the right to be right. he said this, states have the right to be wrong. but if tennessee or throw or any state can lower -- can collect taxes from everybody who owes it, it can lower the tax rate for everybody. that's why so many conservative leaders support this. art laffer, art cardenis, chairman of the american conservative union, governor mitch daniels, almost all the republican governors support this. but all we're deciding here in this two-page bill -- 11-page bill is two words -- do we respect states' rights to decide their own tax policy, do we respect states' rights as the tenth amendment suggests we do? as far as regular order, i wish the finance committee had reported a bill. this legislation was first introduced in some for
not a new tax, taxes that are already owed from everybody who owes the tax so that you can -- so that you can lower your tax raid for everybody, you're free to decide that. that was the argument that art laffer made in "the wall street journal" on last week. now, art laffer was president reagan's favorite economist. that's the point he made. states have the right to be right. he said this, states have the right to be wrong. but if tennessee or throw or any state can lower -- can...
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some counties have different taxes that they add on to their sales tax or they have a municipal tax. and they're saying that will be 9,600 different tax codes, it's almost impossible. for anyone to participate in this piece of legislation, they have got to make a decision on one of those five, five criteria i just mentioned. that brings the tax code down to 46. it simplifies it. so that argument doesn't hold either, the complication of 96, and i know it's been used with our good friend from new hampshire. the beauty of a state without a sales tax that doesn't want to participate, they don't have to. that's the beauty of it. they don't have to. they don't have to participate. they don't have to collect the sales tax from their people, as i said earlier. so they had that option. i know the arguments against the legislation, but again i would say they are just wrong. some critics say this is a tax increase. that's wrong. if i'm paying 6% in west virginia, would i go to a store in fairmont, charleston, huntington, martinsburg, greenbrier, lewisburg, wherever go, it's the same 6%. the onl
some counties have different taxes that they add on to their sales tax or they have a municipal tax. and they're saying that will be 9,600 different tax codes, it's almost impossible. for anyone to participate in this piece of legislation, they have got to make a decision on one of those five, five criteria i just mentioned. that brings the tax code down to 46. it simplifies it. so that argument doesn't hold either, the complication of 96, and i know it's been used with our good friend from new...
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it is a question of sales tax or no sales tax. what the oregonians suggested to us is what they consider to be a perfect solution. remove any requirement for their internet retailers to collect sales tax from anybody. therefore, there be no federal mandate. well, let me remind them. there is no federal tax in this bill. there is no new tax in this bill. state and local, or federal. all we're asking for is the basics. the oregonians want to sell in an adjoining state like california, they'll collect the sales tax owed to california and pay it back. then i listened to him describe how onerous this would be. right now ebay, which is no friend of this bill, ebay offers a service available to businesses that they can buy that will tell them the exact sales tax to be collected based on your zip code and address, and that service cost -- listen to this onerous cost -- $15 a month. $15 a month. if you want to go to the highest cadillac version, $140 a month, less than $2,000 a year. incidentally, in our bill, we require the states that ar
it is a question of sales tax or no sales tax. what the oregonians suggested to us is what they consider to be a perfect solution. remove any requirement for their internet retailers to collect sales tax from anybody. therefore, there be no federal mandate. well, let me remind them. there is no federal tax in this bill. there is no new tax in this bill. state and local, or federal. all we're asking for is the basics. the oregonians want to sell in an adjoining state like california, they'll...
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use taxes. furthermore, the creation of this new enforcement scheme will create significant new incentives for states to establish new sales taxes and new use taxes and also to increase the tax rates that exist now for these particur items. ultimately, the marketplace fairness act is going to require consumers to pay an additional $22 billion in sales taxes they have never had to pay before. in fact, unless the u.s. pursues ngents to govern theteonal et economy, the types of arrangements sought by chierch d a host of other states, foreign internet retailers will only continue to have the carpet testify advantage -- competitive advantage that the marketplace fairness act would artificially provide them. that, mr. president, is not what the moron economy needs. that's not what what's going to promote online innovation in vavment irhope my colleagues will oppose this marketplace fairness act. it is premature. it is more than anything else, mr. president -- it is coercive. it is coercive. now, we're
use taxes. furthermore, the creation of this new enforcement scheme will create significant new incentives for states to establish new sales taxes and new use taxes and also to increase the tax rates that exist now for these particur items. ultimately, the marketplace fairness act is going to require consumers to pay an additional $22 billion in sales taxes they have never had to pay before. in fact, unless the u.s. pursues ngents to govern theteonal et economy, the types of arrangements sought...
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not a tax. it's about taxes already owed. taxes already owed. not a federal tax. state taxes already owed. sales taxes and use taxes, that's all we're talking about. are we telling any state they must do this or must do that? no. we're saying to states we're simply affirming the spirit of the 10th amendment, which says you have the right to decide for yourself, mr. governor, ms. legislator, what your state tax structure ought to be. up to you if you want to just have some people pay the sales taxes and use taxes that are owed and other people not pay them, that's up to you too. that's your business. but this is a states' rights 10th amendment decision that leaves to the state this ability. i wanted to talk mostly about what we're talking about. we're talking about what happens when you buy something online from a catalog and the local store, and making sure that states are able if they wish to treat all businesses in the same way. now, that's why so many conservative leaders, as they have understood this bill, have come to support it. this is a rarity in the unite
not a tax. it's about taxes already owed. taxes already owed. not a federal tax. state taxes already owed. sales taxes and use taxes, that's all we're talking about. are we telling any state they must do this or must do that? no. we're saying to states we're simply affirming the spirit of the 10th amendment, which says you have the right to decide for yourself, mr. governor, ms. legislator, what your state tax structure ought to be. up to you if you want to just have some people pay the sales...
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no federal tax, new tax. only the collection of existing state sales taxes. that's all we're asking for. now, our opposition comes from several quarters, but primarily from no-sales-tax states like oregon, montana, new hampshire. those senators from those states where they pay no sales tax whatsoever would not even require their internet serls to collect -- sellers to collect sales tax on sales made in other states. at the end of the day if marketplace fairness act passes, the citizens of oregon will not pay one penny in sales tax more -- they pay none -- nor will the citizens of montana, delaware, or alaska. the state law prevails. we coapt don't change it at all. but to suggest you can sit in oregon as an internet retailer and sell into other states at a disadvantage to the local businesses, not collect sales taxes, is unfair. and what we ao achieve here is fairness and balance. we have obviously the major retailers across america supporting this but more. we have units of government that are now not receiving the sales tax seats from internet -- receipts f
no federal tax, new tax. only the collection of existing state sales taxes. that's all we're asking for. now, our opposition comes from several quarters, but primarily from no-sales-tax states like oregon, montana, new hampshire. those senators from those states where they pay no sales tax whatsoever would not even require their internet serls to collect -- sellers to collect sales tax on sales made in other states. at the end of the day if marketplace fairness act passes, the citizens of...
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this is not a new tax. it is in the a different tax. it is in the a tax we're applying to anybody. it is a mechanism for the collection of a tax that has been owed for over 20 years by people buying retail purchases in your states from people who sell out of state. i commend the leadership on the legislation. i hope everybody will bring their amendments to the floor. i don't know if there is any need for them. i hope we can send a clear message that we're prepared to let our local and state governments collect the tax that is owed to them and has been owed to them. my state of georgia's governor led a major tax reform package in my state that passed with only one dissenting vote. it reformed taxes on utilities for manufacturing to attract business to our state. it reformed our income tax code. it reformed a lot of our taxes but it also passed legislation consistent with the marketplace fairness act, so we can finally collect a tax that has been owed for a long, long time in our state. as a real estate guy, as someone who used to lease retail space in shopping centers and on corners
this is not a new tax. it is in the a different tax. it is in the a tax we're applying to anybody. it is a mechanism for the collection of a tax that has been owed for over 20 years by people buying retail purchases in your states from people who sell out of state. i commend the leadership on the legislation. i hope everybody will bring their amendments to the floor. i don't know if there is any need for them. i hope we can send a clear message that we're prepared to let our local and state...
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united states and pay your taxes. you won't qualify for any federal benefits -- no welfare, no obamacare, no food stamps -- but you will have a chance to work and you will no longer have to hide. you are going to have to remain in that system for six years and then go back and get your permit renewed. it is not a permanent grant of a temporary status. it is a temporary grant of a temporary status. in six years you have to apply again. when you reapply, not only do you have to pay another fine and another application fee, but you're going to have to prove you've been paying taxes the last six years and you're gainfully employed in a way that means you're not going to wind up onubli assuming your permit is renewed, after ten years has gone by, if f e-verify is in have been place, if the entry et syste ice,he onlyhing that happens is you are given a clans to apply for a green card l everybody else does. not a special process. you're at the back of the line. evyone who applied before you legally goes first. the only thing
united states and pay your taxes. you won't qualify for any federal benefits -- no welfare, no obamacare, no food stamps -- but you will have a chance to work and you will no longer have to hide. you are going to have to remain in that system for six years and then go back and get your permit renewed. it is not a permanent grant of a temporary status. it is a temporary grant of a temporary status. in six years you have to apply again. when you reapply, not only do you have to pay another fine...
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this bill does not create new taxes or increase existing tax taxes. instead, the bill will help states and cities collect billions in unpaid taxes already owed, reducing the need to raise new taxes on tax compliant businesses and citizens. indeed, yesterday i was with my governor and he indicated that if we could pass this at the federal level and allow the state of rhode island to collect approximately $70 million a year, he would propose a reduction in our sales tax, which would benefit all the people in rhode island and also benefit the businesses in rhode island because they would have a smaller sales tax margin to pay. so this is a proposal that i think is not only necessary, it's long overdue. in 2012, as i've indicated, rhode island estimated it lost approximately $70 million in uncollected revenue. the revenue was legally owed but because of this loophole, it went uncollected. this puts pressure on individuals and businesses that play by the rules. indeed, if the marketplace fairness act becomes law, rhode island has provisions in state law, a
this bill does not create new taxes or increase existing tax taxes. instead, the bill will help states and cities collect billions in unpaid taxes already owed, reducing the need to raise new taxes on tax compliant businesses and citizens. indeed, yesterday i was with my governor and he indicated that if we could pass this at the federal level and allow the state of rhode island to collect approximately $70 million a year, he would propose a reduction in our sales tax, which would benefit all...
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the clerk: s. 743, a bill to restore state sovereign rights to enforce state and local sales and use tax laws and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president, i would object to any further proceedings in regard to this bill. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: mr. president, today this august body will honor the memory of 20 first-grade children, little babies who were gunned down, most of them shot multiple times. we will also honor the teachers and administrators who were killed that day in newtown, connecticut. but we're also going to honor with this legislation tens of thousands of others who were killed by guns each year here in america. we're going to do that by voting on a number of measures to strengthen the laws to prevent gun violence in this nation. mr. president, the families of innocents killed in newtown, aurora, in carson city, blacksburg, in oak creek and columbine really deserve these votes. where do i stand on these democratic proposals? this afternoon the senate will vote on a compromised background che
the clerk: s. 743, a bill to restore state sovereign rights to enforce state and local sales and use tax laws and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president, i would object to any further proceedings in regard to this bill. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: mr. president, today this august body will honor the memory of 20 first-grade children, little babies who were gunned down, most of them shot multiple times. we will also...
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they could now been on ice and suffers tax. we branch or resources to the problems and i've been really pleased that their attitude towards working with us and our attitude towards working with them. >> with regard to community banks that are not subject to the cfpb examination authority, what measures have you taken to ensure that sure roles are clearly interpreted? are there potential regulators doing their exams? does the cfpb continue the small entity compliance guides as has been done twice already? on the other mortgage rules. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i've got about three different answers to that question. on the small entity compliance guides, this is something we take seriously and we been told this over and over by small institutions in the trade associations that represent them like a cba and that means taking their rules, initially mentioned 2500 pages of rules issued in january. that's 2500 pages of taxpayers a lot of that is preamble, cost-benefit analysis. what a translator for several hundred pages of rules a
they could now been on ice and suffers tax. we branch or resources to the problems and i've been really pleased that their attitude towards working with us and our attitude towards working with them. >> with regard to community banks that are not subject to the cfpb examination authority, what measures have you taken to ensure that sure roles are clearly interpreted? are there potential regulators doing their exams? does the cfpb continue the small entity compliance guides as has been...
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you know, this chamber has spent the last four months and even years before that debating issues like taxes, spending, and health care, but the number-one responsibility of the federal government is to keep the american people safe and secure. our response to this attack must be firm and unequivocal. we must send a clear message that we will never compromise our value or our freedom in the face of terrorist violence. we must stay on the offensive against the enemies of civilization and remain vigilant in our day-to-day lives. the victims of boston deserve nothing less. madam president, i yield the floor. and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: i ask that the calling of the quorum be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of s. 649, which the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 649, a bill to ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are
you know, this chamber has spent the last four months and even years before that debating issues like taxes, spending, and health care, but the number-one responsibility of the federal government is to keep the american people safe and secure. our response to this attack must be firm and unequivocal. we must send a clear message that we will never compromise our value or our freedom in the face of terrorist violence. we must stay on the offensive against the enemies of civilization and remain...
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>> we propose the past reform be done in overall tax reform in the overall tax reform is to fill a gap we have to get our fiscal house in order. $580 billion of additional revenue. the business pcs that should be done in the way we broaden the base and lower the rates so america can be more competitive. the overall tax package will have to raise revenue. >> we agree the first thing he said, which is lower rates, broaden the base and you don't specify how to pay to register base broadening to determine through tax reform. >> would've had a number of indicative provisions, that there'll have to be others in the business of broadening the base will require bipartisan consensus because each of the provisions we consider base broadening has zealous advocates saying they needed desperately. >> the point i'm trying to make a sum of it's been critical of our proposals to lower the rate. it sounds like you're basically do the same thing but on the corporate rate. the point is it's tough to do. a lot of zealous advocates to certain tax expenditures and we need to do this are brought face tax ref
>> we propose the past reform be done in overall tax reform in the overall tax reform is to fill a gap we have to get our fiscal house in order. $580 billion of additional revenue. the business pcs that should be done in the way we broaden the base and lower the rates so america can be more competitive. the overall tax package will have to raise revenue. >> we agree the first thing he said, which is lower rates, broaden the base and you don't specify how to pay to register base...
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people want to know how do they pay their taxes, how do they join the military? how do they start a business. they want to be fully functioning member of the community. >> thank you. senator grassley. >> my understanding of the bill, so far, is that undocumented immigrants will get every opportunity to apply for legalization and will have more opportunities if the bill were to pass to appeal the decisions that the homeland security officials make. would you discuss that part of the bill, please? >> the bill permits those in deportation proceedings to apply for the amnesty. people who have already been deported, at least those deported over the last year and a half certain ones to apply for the amnesty. if they are turned down initially because of some inadequate documents, they're allowed second bite at the apple. so in this, you know, i don't mean to be flip about it, but this section could have been sub headed knowingly left mind. the goal seems to be to get as many -- get amnesty for as many people as physically possibly. >> okay, mr. kobach, i'm going quote a
people want to know how do they pay their taxes, how do they join the military? how do they start a business. they want to be fully functioning member of the community. >> thank you. senator grassley. >> my understanding of the bill, so far, is that undocumented immigrants will get every opportunity to apply for legalization and will have more opportunities if the bill were to pass to appeal the decisions that the homeland security officials make. would you discuss that part of the...
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yesterday was tax day. and tax season was more stressful than it needed to be. our tax code is a rue amaze. today it's 4 million words long. enough to fill 70,000 pages. in fact it's so long that roughly 90% of americans pay for professional help to file the tax returns. this cost them $16 0 billion each year. $16 0 billion spent by americans filling out their taxes. and then after that trouble the process leads them as the colleague put it like a crook or sucker. we also have the highest corporate tax rate which hurts workers most of all. high corporate tax rate means they take home less pay than otherwise. i'm glad it call the for corporate tax reform. we agree on the problem. of the income in taxes. that is n our opinion is unfair. it hurts jobs, we need reform the individual tax code as well. but they don't want to use the money to lower the rate to spur economic growth. they want to pay for more spending inspect fact the president's budget was released last month or last week calls for 1.1 trillion in new spending. and short the president's plan take more f
yesterday was tax day. and tax season was more stressful than it needed to be. our tax code is a rue amaze. today it's 4 million words long. enough to fill 70,000 pages. in fact it's so long that roughly 90% of americans pay for professional help to file the tax returns. this cost them $16 0 billion each year. $16 0 billion spent by americans filling out their taxes. and then after that trouble the process leads them as the colleague put it like a crook or sucker. we also have the highest...
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how are they going to tax at? all these decisions that will influence the type of marijuana they will actually consume and that will have important effects on the health effects. >> host: a quick call from rick from tuckerton new jersey. hi rape. >> caller: hello there. i smoke a lot of pot when i was in college in the early 70's. i am shocked that it hasn't been legalized but my question is, how many congressman have smoked pot and how many politicians have smoked pot and -- i will take the m.'s are off-line. >> host: beau kilmer any response to that? >> guest: i don't know. >> host: are you seeing evidence that congress is switching views on this that perhaps in 10 years what are we going to be talking about? >> guest: it's really going to depend on the federal response. right now, even though washington and colorado have legalized the production and distribution and possession of marijuana we still haven't heard from the federal government about how they're going to respond. i think how the federal government r
how are they going to tax at? all these decisions that will influence the type of marijuana they will actually consume and that will have important effects on the health effects. >> host: a quick call from rick from tuckerton new jersey. hi rape. >> caller: hello there. i smoke a lot of pot when i was in college in the early 70's. i am shocked that it hasn't been legalized but my question is, how many congressman have smoked pot and how many politicians have smoked pot and -- i will...
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why should they trust us to fix the tax code when we use their tax dollars to great artificial markets for uncompetitive industry? why should they trust our vision of free civil society when we give special privileges to supposedly nonprofits like planned parenthood, public broadcasting, agricultural checkoff programs, and the export-import bank? perhaps most important, why should americans trust us at all when too often we don't really trust them when we go for major legislation, nick issued in secret without debating it? and without even reading it. deliberately excluding the american people from their own government. conservatives, equality needs to mean equality for everyone. the second principle to guide our agenda is diversity, or as you might've heard it called elsewhere, federalism. the biggest reason the federal government makes too many mistakes is that it makes too many decisions. most of these are decisions the federal government doesn't have to make and, therefore, shouldn't. every state in the union has a functioning constitutional government. and just as important, each
why should they trust us to fix the tax code when we use their tax dollars to great artificial markets for uncompetitive industry? why should they trust our vision of free civil society when we give special privileges to supposedly nonprofits like planned parenthood, public broadcasting, agricultural checkoff programs, and the export-import bank? perhaps most important, why should americans trust us at all when too often we don't really trust them when we go for major legislation, nick issued...
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is the business owner qualifies for the employer tax credit based on the number of employees and the wages of those employers, that will automatically be part of the program. so there will be a one stop shop available to small business owners who, as you know right now, often pay 18-20% more in the market than their large competitors. and we are verycfit that the left better choices, better prices with the new makece that will be up and running. >> just real concern he is from the business perspective more than consumers, individuals i think i heard you say the shop will be delayed. >> no, sir. that is not accurate. the shop will be up and running in every market in the country. for the states where the federal government will be operating the marketplace, we are delaying one portion of the s plan which is that employers, if they choose to do so, could offer a wide variety of plans to his or her employees. year one for the federal marketplace is, employers have a choice of coverage for their employees, but that choice will then be passed along. year two and beyond for the federal mar
is the business owner qualifies for the employer tax credit based on the number of employees and the wages of those employers, that will automatically be part of the program. so there will be a one stop shop available to small business owners who, as you know right now, often pay 18-20% more in the market than their large competitors. and we are verycfit that the left better choices, better prices with the new makece that will be up and running. >> just real concern he is from the...
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i paid dearly high taxes. since 1970, i have seen congress, they trip over themselves they can't agree on -- [inaudible] i believe in america. i look positive on america. [inaudible] >> host: i'm going have the congressman respond. >> guest: i think greg shares a frustration that many americans share. america seems for too many americans broken, i think when it comes specifically to social security and medicare, we have to understand is that we all want to make sure that these programs continue to thrive and survive so that card recipient, those nearing retirement, and those who are decades away from retirement have an opportunity for those programs to be successful. that won't happen if we don't change them in some ways. nobody they talk to on capitol hill is talking about eliminating social security or medicare or even, frankly, reducing it in meaningful ways. the question is those 55 and younger, can we change eligibility, means test, consider things like extending the age of el jinlt, and -- eligibility an
i paid dearly high taxes. since 1970, i have seen congress, they trip over themselves they can't agree on -- [inaudible] i believe in america. i look positive on america. [inaudible] >> host: i'm going have the congressman respond. >> guest: i think greg shares a frustration that many americans share. america seems for too many americans broken, i think when it comes specifically to social security and medicare, we have to understand is that we all want to make sure that these...
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post office does not pay part parking tickets, does not pay taxes and putting gas taxes and license plate fees and the like. so we also recognize that when they want to go into private areas we have to make sure they are not leveraging the property tax and so on so there is a balancing and hopefully you'll to be very active role of the bill that is being offered in the house as we speak and i would invite you to do so. we now go to the gentleman from tennessee. >> thank you mr. chairman. just a few questions. first, mr. dodaro, did they look to see if the modified saturday plan met the requirements of the postal writer? >> nope. >> okay. the report from the gao stated that the 2006 post reform wall did not required to refund 75 years of retiree health benefits over a ten year period. do you agree with that statement? >> i apologize. >> let me read it. i apologize for them as communicating of your name. december, 2012 report said the 2006 postal reform all didn't require the usps to fund 75 years of benefits over a ten year period. do you agree with that statement? i'm not equipped. i read
post office does not pay part parking tickets, does not pay taxes and putting gas taxes and license plate fees and the like. so we also recognize that when they want to go into private areas we have to make sure they are not leveraging the property tax and so on so there is a balancing and hopefully you'll to be very active role of the bill that is being offered in the house as we speak and i would invite you to do so. we now go to the gentleman from tennessee. >> thank you mr. chairman....
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every one of those had to be eat late taxed. the congress imposed a more onerous, more restrict it from a comma rules that on my ability to move money from ppa to ppa. i have small pdas with not a lot of money but for whatever reason decided there needed to be more over the national intelligence program. the effect of the fy 13 of her rations that did help us in that it allowed us to move money around civic and that the money into the path we are committed to by virtue of the fact were five men in before we got a bill. sowo ba dister t it. a cab structure, did allow new start,t also frommocountschss here was what many at the endf the day and of course the of sequestration was doubled because we had to take it in seven months. iraq i was. ealistic impact. >> that is helpful because it provides more of a context of things we might be able to do. again, we have a macro issue of sequestration can watch everyone recognizes it's in packs on your programs. but i stand legislative authorization not on this committee that the intelligenc
every one of those had to be eat late taxed. the congress imposed a more onerous, more restrict it from a comma rules that on my ability to move money from ppa to ppa. i have small pdas with not a lot of money but for whatever reason decided there needed to be more over the national intelligence program. the effect of the fy 13 of her rations that did help us in that it allowed us to move money around civic and that the money into the path we are committed to by virtue of the fact were five men...
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quite literally the veterans will go online which exist today , filed the claim, like they do there taxes, apropos to say that today. it goes directly into the ems without advertising. we completed that whole peace this year in january, without advertising it we have 500 claims. and because directly in, never turns into paper and allows us to immediately start working and today we don't have 3 percent in paper anymore, we have 3 percent electronic. we have 14 percent of our paper already converted to electrons just this january the 28. i have more than 116,000 electronic claims now, electronic folders that we did not have before. this week will have another six regional offices on the new system. >> mr. secretary, the va backlog reduction plan shows that in order to eliminate the backlog by 2015 the va will need to decide over 1 million claims this year. but the va is projecting in the budget submission that it will decide 335,000 fewer claims in 2013 and 2014. so can the va reached 2 million claims in 2015? that would be an 92% increase in productivity over the 2012 level . >> i am sorry
quite literally the veterans will go online which exist today , filed the claim, like they do there taxes, apropos to say that today. it goes directly into the ems without advertising. we completed that whole peace this year in january, without advertising it we have 500 claims. and because directly in, never turns into paper and allows us to immediately start working and today we don't have 3 percent in paper anymore, we have 3 percent electronic. we have 14 percent of our paper already...
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we don't collect enough taxes. we don't pay our bills to be we say anybody can have a gun and kill anybody. actually i want to say this on tv -- >> let me just step in for a minute it's about land and development in the case of hawaii and i think also florida it's about strategic reasons, right? in hawaii, certainly it is our board work against north korea. it has become -- >> that is true and of course a was a very wise of them to take it in 1988 so shortly thereafter they could get mired down in the philippines. >> the other thing i really want to mengin on this paradise thing, you have people riding like harriet beecher stowe came down and remember she's the great abolitionist and she says who will do the work for us? and she has the same answers colin and he just loves carrying the wheel barrows and you go read some of her stuff and then one doctor came down and he actually said it got cold and people had malaria and she was just outrageous and she said malaria of the milder sort. [laughter] this goes on and on
we don't collect enough taxes. we don't pay our bills to be we say anybody can have a gun and kill anybody. actually i want to say this on tv -- >> let me just step in for a minute it's about land and development in the case of hawaii and i think also florida it's about strategic reasons, right? in hawaii, certainly it is our board work against north korea. it has become -- >> that is true and of course a was a very wise of them to take it in 1988 so shortly thereafter they could...
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would gun owners be subject to still more fees or taxes for exercising their second amendment rights? who would have access to the so-called registry? would the public know who owns guns and who does not? who would ensure that this sensitive information is protected and not used for political purposes, and how? we do not know the answers to these questions, but we do know that such restrictions will not prevent the next tragedy. we should not start down this dangerous road. what should we do instead? i have a few suggestions. instead of undermining the second amendment, mr. president, congress should focus its attention on three areas. first, i believe that robust prosecution of violent criminals is the best deterrent for violent crime. prosecutors should punish to the fullest extent of the law individuals who misuse guns, knives or anything else to commit violent crimes. there should be no leniency, mr. president, what ever for the commission of such crimes. secondly, we should examine and address any deficiencies -- and we have them -- in our mental health system. time and again we
would gun owners be subject to still more fees or taxes for exercising their second amendment rights? who would have access to the so-called registry? would the public know who owns guns and who does not? who would ensure that this sensitive information is protected and not used for political purposes, and how? we do not know the answers to these questions, but we do know that such restrictions will not prevent the next tragedy. we should not start down this dangerous road. what should we do...
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so for example, like on tax reform, tomorrow i would lower the income tax. if we can compromise on the number i would lower it to 17% tomorrow. just do it. i don't care if people predicted less revenue, less revenue means more revenue in economy. if you in an enormous boost to ththe con and we like under kennedy, like under coolidge and like under reagan when you reduced rates, sometimes you get more revenue. that is because the deal is to be. same with immigration. we make it harder on ourselves are the debt commission, we make it a lot harder to find a deal when it has a thousand moving parts but i think we should go with the things we agree on and boom, boom, boom. it's why the rate -- that's why the public is so upset with us. all the stuff we agree on we won't pass because we say that will be the sweeter for the bigger deal. which we never seem to be able to get to one that break up all these big deals into smaller deals? i tried to pass the stand these a, science and technology these is expanding those. i tried to pass it by unanimous consent. than sch
so for example, like on tax reform, tomorrow i would lower the income tax. if we can compromise on the number i would lower it to 17% tomorrow. just do it. i don't care if people predicted less revenue, less revenue means more revenue in economy. if you in an enormous boost to ththe con and we like under kennedy, like under coolidge and like under reagan when you reduced rates, sometimes you get more revenue. that is because the deal is to be. same with immigration. we make it harder on...
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the tax force says -- the task force says in our report all societies behave differently under stress. at those times they may even take actions that conflict with their essential character and values. and that's what we did here. of we were under stress, and we took actions that conflict with who we are. who we are called to be and who we have committed to be. and then we spent about ten years not being willing to face the truth about that. often by covering what happened with euphemisms and an awful lot of state secrets. so i believe that our detainee task force has functioned as a kind of truth commission, revealing where we strayed from our values by shining the light of investigation and analysis onto the problem in the open that the next time we're under that kind of stress we do not go down the same road. and it has been an honor to serve on this panel. >> thank you, dave. nick? >> very little, just in terms of new things, everyone here has discussed the general contours of the report which is the most important thing. there are some new points raised in the report. there's a d
the tax force says -- the task force says in our report all societies behave differently under stress. at those times they may even take actions that conflict with their essential character and values. and that's what we did here. of we were under stress, and we took actions that conflict with who we are. who we are called to be and who we have committed to be. and then we spent about ten years not being willing to face the truth about that. often by covering what happened with euphemisms and...